--- spaethgorgenet <spaeth@gorge.net> wrote: > I just finished putting a set of 16" Mercedes CLK > wheels on my > 2wd Westy Multi Van. There are several very nice > things about > these wheels. First is that they are very well made > forged wheels > with meticulous machining. Second, the center bore > is big > enough even for the 2wd vans, which take an even > larger center > bore than the syncro. Third the offset is about > right. I would have > to check on the wheel to be sure what the offset is. > They are very > close on the steering knuckle but they do clear. The > Mercedes > wheels use a ball seat for the lug nuts and bolts. I > used late > model lug bolts up front off of VW/Audi steel > wheels, which use > the same ball seat as the Mercedes wheels. For the > rear I had a > friend machine a set of Vanagon lug nuts to match > the Mercedes > ball seat. It only cost about $15 to get all 10 > done. Mercedes > uses 12mm bolts for their wheels so I had to drill > out the bolt > holes with a 15mm bit. This gave clearance and > wiggle room for > the VW 14mm studs. The only weirdness is that the > nuts in the > back take a 19mm wrench and the bolts in the front > take a 17mm > wrench. You also need to remove the two 11mm bolts > that hold > the rear brake drum in place. I am running 225/60-16 > tires on the > van. I know that is not any good for off road and I > have no idea > what would fit for that purpose. I thought I would > share this > experience. > > Craig > the Gorge > >
===== Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" University of Idaho www.ftir.chem.uidaho.edu
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